Mia and I visited the Methow Valley in the winter of 2015. We said back then that we needed to check it out in the summer, well that time finally came. We just spent one wicked super fabulous week exploring the North Cascades and surrounding Okanogan National Forest. We hiked and mountain biked everyday and…
Category: Hikes
Frog Lake Buttes
Mountain bike racing is basically done for the season, so now it’s time to start diversifying the weekends a bit more. Mia and I need to get Codi into hiking shape for our vacation coming up in July so we opted to get him out on a jaunt near Mt. Hood this weekend. I wanted…
The Other Niagara Falls
Long ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I visited the “real” Niagara Falls between NY & Canada. My take away from that trip was that the Canadian side was way more fun than the U.S.A side. Perhaps things have changed though, it has been almost 18-19 years since I was last there. Mia was…
Keeping busy
Consistent crappy weather has not deterred us lately. We have had one or two actually nice days interspersed here and there. Luckily one of those nice days my first mountain bike race of the season, it was held in almost perfect weather. The record setting rains seem to have subsided and a more on and…
Cottonwood Canyon Hike
I told (begged) Mia on Tuesday that on Saturday we were going to keep driving east until the rain stopped! The forecast for the PDX metro area was for more of the same….RAIN. A co-worker told me that we have received almost a year’s worth of rain in the past 4-5 months. Needless to say…
New Year’s Day Hike
I feel like I have spent a lot of time at Stub Stewart the past month or so. Good reason though, it is only 25 minutes from home, which is maybe 5 minutes longer than going to Forest Park. However it isn’t nearly as busy as FP which is a bonus for me. Plus there…
ON & OFF RHODES 